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Luciano Colombo

Luciano Colombo

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
51
Citations
9811
World Ranking
9872
National Ranking
197

Luciano Colombo publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luciano Colombo sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 340 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Luciano Colombo D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luciano Colombo sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Luciano Colombo is affiliated with the University of Cagliari in Italy and has a research profile centered on materials science and engineering. Their scientific work spans several subfields, primarily materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, biomedical engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their research covers a variety of topics within the broader domain of thermal and electronic material properties, including:

  • Thermal properties of materials
  • Advanced thermoelectric materials and devices
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Semiconductor materials and interfaces
  • Advanced memory and neural computing
  • Nanocluster synthesis and applications
  • Phase equilibria and thermodynamics

Luciano Colombo has published papers in several academic journals and conference venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Advanced Theory and Simulations
  • Physical Review Materials
  • Nanotechnology
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Recent published works of Colombo highlight a focus on thermal conductivity, thermoelectricity, and material behavior under variable conditions:

  • Observation of second sound in a rapidly varying temperature field in Ge, 2021, Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
  • Roadmap on thermoelectricity, 2023, Nanotechnology
  • Strong Anharmonicity at the Origin of Anomalous Thermal Conductivity in Double Perovskite Cs2NaYbCl6, 2023, Advanced Science
  • Impact of synthetic conditions on the anisotropic thermal conductivity of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT): A molecular dynamics investigation, 2020, Physical Review Materials
  • Intrinsic thermoelectric figure of merit of bulk compositional SiGe alloys: A first-principles study, 2021, Physical Review Materials

Coauthor collaborations have been a significant aspect of Colombo's research environment. The most frequent scientific partners include:

  • Claudio Melis
  • Antonio Cappai
  • Riccardo Dettori
  • Andrea Falqui
  • Miquel López-Suárez

Best Publications

  • Elastic properties of hydrogenated graphene

    Emiliano Cadelano;Pier Luca Palla;Stefano Giordano;Luciano Colombo

  • Nonlinear elasticity of monolayer graphene

    Emiliano Cadelano;Pier Luca Palla;Stefano Giordano;Luciano Colombo

  • An Efficient Linear Scaling Algorithm for Tight Bonding Molecular Dynamics

    S. Goedecker;L. Colombo

  • Intrinsic point defects in crystalline silicon: Tight-binding molecular dynamics studiesof self-diffusion, interstitial-vacancy recombination, and formation volumes

    Meijie Tang;L. Colombo;Jing Zhu;T. Diaz de la Rubia

  • Gap opening in graphene by shear strain

    Giulio Cocco;Emiliano Cadelano;Luciano Colombo

  • Valence-band offsets at strained Si/Ge interfaces

    L. Colombo;R. Resta;S. Baroni

  • Atomic scale origin of crack resistance in brittle fracture.

    A. Mattoni;L. Colombo;F. Cleri

  • GROWTH OF NANOSTRUCTURED CARBON FILMS BY CLUSTER ASSEMBLY

    D. Donadio;L. Colombo;P. Milani;G. Benedek

  • Effect of hydrogen coverage on the Young's modulus of graphene

    Emiliano Cadelano;Luciano Colombo

  • Atomistic simulations of the sliding friction of graphene flakes

    Federico Bonelli;Nicola Manini;Emiliano Cadelano;Luciano Colombo

  • Formation and annihilation of a bond defect in silicon: An ab initio quantum-mechanical characterization

    F. Cargnoni;C. Gatti;L. Colombo

  • Thermal Rectification by Design in Telescopic Si Nanowires.

    Xavier Cartoixà;Luciano Colombo;Riccardo Rurali

  • First-principles study of the structural and elastic properties of zirconia

    Giuseppe Fadda;Luciano Colombo;Giovanni Zanzotto

  • Hydrogen diffusion in silicon from tight-binding molecular dynamics.

    G. Panzarini;L. Colombo

  • Scaling properties of polycrystalline graphene: a review

    Andreas Isacsson;Aron W. Cummings;Luciano Colombo;Luciano Colombo;Luciano Colombo;Luigi Colombo

  • Calculating thermal conductivity in a transient conduction regime: theory and implementation

    Claudio Melis;Riccardo Dettori;Simon Vandermeulen;Luciano Colombo

  • Boron ripening during solid-phase epitaxy of amorphous silicon

    A. Mattoni;L. Colombo

  • Simulation of the Amorphous-Silicon Properties and Their Dependence on Sample Preparation

    G Servalli;Luciano Colombo

  • Structural and binding properties of vacancy clusters in silicon

    A. Bongiorno;L. Colombo;T. Diaz De la Rubia

  • Electrical and thermal transport in coplanar polycrystalline graphene-hBN heterostructures

    José Eduardo Barrios-Vargas;Bohayra Mortazavi;Aron W. Cummings;Rafael Martinez-Gordillo

  • Surface phonons in Si(111) + H(1×1)

    U Harten;Jp Toennies;Ch Woll;L Miglio

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Roche
Stephan Roche Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
Paolo Milani
Paolo Milani University of Milan
Riccardo Rurali
Riccardo Rurali Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
T. Diaz de la Rubia
T. Diaz de la Rubia University of Oklahoma
Davide Donadio
Davide Donadio University of California, Davis
Marco Bernasconi
Marco Bernasconi University of Milano-Bicocca
Jaime Marian
Jaime Marian University of California, Los Angeles
Nicola Pugno
Nicola Pugno University of Trento
Michele Ceriotti
Michele Ceriotti École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Bohayra Mortazavi
Bohayra Mortazavi University of Hannover

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